Earnings management at rights issues thresholds-Evidence from China

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 3453-3468

  Yu, Qiao ^a   Du, Bin ^b   Sun, Qian ^c  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GUIZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Distribution approach; Earnings management; Earnings thresholds; Rights issues

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750886039     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2006.01.011     Document Type: Article

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